I'm trying to embed an mpg file in my new website ( http://66.216.163.164 - it's still under construction so we haven't switched the domain name over from the old site yet). The file seems to work fine in Firefox and on IE8, but it refuses to work on Safari with a Mac (I haven't tried safari on Windows). The code is
<EMBED src="test.mpg" width="320" height="255" autoplay="true" controller="true" loop="true" />
. It clearly knows that a file is there, because when I change the src attribute to a bogus name, it comes up with a quicktime logo with a question mark, when I change it to the correct name, it comes up with a quicktime logo and then does nothing. The really strange part is that when I go directly to http://66.216.163.164/test.mpg - it shows the video and it works fine, and then once I go back to the main page, the embedded video works! I have caching turned off and it does the same thing... It does the exact same thing when I set the src attribute to http://66.216.163.164/test.mpg
I also had my girlfriend check it on her OS10.5 system and it works fine on Safari. I also tried it on an OS10.6 server machine, and it doesn't work, so it seems like the combination of OS10.6 and safari breaks embedded MPEGs...
I've spent 2 days of frustration on this and haven't gotten anywhere, so any help is appreciated!
Thanks!